The last job that I had was working as a front desk employee at a gym. At the time that I was applying for this job, it was something that I had been wanting to do because I wanted to get myself into the fitness industry. With that being said, the job description did not make much of a difference to me because I already had my mindset on getting a position within a gym. The job description essentially described the job as being the person who greets members as they come in and answer any questions that they may have, along with this you would be cleaning equipment and the facility. After reading the job description I thought the job would be very simple and easy which was a plus since it is a job that I would only be doing part-time as I was a full-time student. Once I started the job my experience included much more than the job description had described. This ended up being a good thing for me because it allowed me to learn many new things as well as gain some new skills. My experience was similar to the job descriptions in regards to being in charge of greeting members, answering questions, and cleaning the facility, however; it was different because I ended up doing a lot more tasks than that. Some of the main things that I did that were not mentioned in the job description were dealing with overdue members and their accounts, keeping track of inventory for products, ordering products, and stocking products. These were all tasks that were easy and good learning opportunities, I had just not expected to be doing them.
Below is the job description that I had seen when first applying for this job.
2 responses to “Job Descriptions”
Hi Evan. Thanks for including the actual job description. I thought it was interesting they included the phrase “job requirements include, but are not limited to:” It feels like companies might use this as a “hall pass” to assign a wide range of tasks to a job once the employee is hired. This sounds like it worked out well for you, which is great. But could be a challenge for other people, or different types of jobs/tasks.
Evan,
I feel like many times there have been cases, particularly in customer service jobs and entry-level positions, where the job description is actually so brief and boring that it is almost expected that you will be doing above and beyond what the description merely states. Another key thing you pointed out here that I really liked was the fact that you had your mind set on the job already despite the description because you knew that you wanted to be in that industry. I feel the same way about accounting. While I already have a job in that field, I feel like any general job description is almost meaningless if I know that I love the work, love learning, and love the industry. With that in mind, I think you had a very thorough and excellent post. Nice work.